Sujet : Re: OT Weird Chess News.
De : rja.carnegie (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Robert Carnegie)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 23. May 2025, 20:08:28
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On 20/05/2025 20:43, William Hyde wrote:
Paul S Person wrote:
It occurred to me last night that, since the most powerful piece is
the Queen, chess could be banned as woke or as DEI.
There is some "scholarly" writing which claims that the increase in the power of the queen from the weakest to strongest piece reflected an increase in women's rights about 1400-1500. Very DEI.
But perhaps they could ask Anne Boleyn or Catherine Howard about that.
Try Lewis Carroll? Though he did playing cards First.